[SOLVED] Ryzen 3 1300X vs Ryzen 5 1600 build- which one to go with?

swapnilnimbalkar · Oct 24, 2018

Hello Everyone,

I am a proud FX owner, I think that the time has come to upgrade the PC,

here's what I came up with

kindly suggest me which build should I go with?

Purpose : Gaming

I will not be overclocking any of these setup

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Build 1 - Ryzen 3

1) CPU: Ryzen 3 1300X
2) Motherboard: Gigabyte A320M-S2H

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Build 2 - Ryzen 5

CPU: Ryzen 5 1600
Motherboard: Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3

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Common items I currently have or will buy are:
PSU : Corsair 550W (I have)
GPU : Zotac GeForce GTX 1060 3GB (will buy)
Monitor : LG MP68VQ (I have)
K/B & Mouse : Logitech (cheap one) (I have)
HDD: 1TB (WD) (I have)

I am not planning to buy SSD (I am on low budget)

Difference in cost of Build 1 and Build 2 is about Rs.10,000/- (i.e.$136)

Will there be huge difference in performance of build 1 & 2? I mean can hit steady 60FPS with current titles (@mid/high settings with Ryzen 3)

I hope you guys will help me get out of this dilemma.

Thank you.

Swapnil Nimbalkar

vapour · Oct 24, 2018

of course #2 with better CPU and MB...
do you mean 1300X + B350 vs 1600 + A320?

swapnilnimbalkar · Oct 24, 2018

vapour :

Wow! you are great. That is also possible, it should help me keep costs low. As I am not planning to overclock the CPU I can go with Ryzen 5 1600 + Gigabyte A320M-S2H, correct?

vapour · Oct 24, 2018

if you don't oc, I will go with 1300X and B350, but A320 is fine too.
1600 stock is kind of too low speed.

Roland Of Gilead · Oct 24, 2018

I'd agree with vapour initially. If you are purchasing one of those, the only answer is the R1600, B350 mobo.

There's two real points here. For right now, the 1300x will just about do. It has 100mhz higher turbo's which may likely give (literally) a few more FPS than the 1600 at stock. However, the important thing here is the 1600 is a much better CPU, and with a relatively simple OC, you can match any speed of the 1300x (stock or OC'ed) and still have 2 extra cores and 4 extra threads. For any games like BF1, BF V, COD WW2, COD Bo4 etc and any new AAA games, the 1600 will serve you much better, and in this case the extra cost for it, and a solid B350 mob is much better value for what it will bring right now, and down the line when you want to upgrade.

jeremyj_83 · Oct 24, 2018

Is it within your budget to use the Ryzen 5 2600? You will get higher base clock than the 1600 and better boost clocks than both 1300X and 1600. On top of that you get the added IPC of Zen+

swapnilnimbalkar · Oct 27, 2018

Thank you everyone for the inputs. I have purchased Ryzen 3 1300X.

One more help please which board should I go with?

Gigabyte AB350M Gaming 3
or
Gigabyte B450M-DS3H

B450 is little cheaper

I dont want to go with any other board than Gigabyte, since I have been using Giga boards from last 10 years

swapnilnimbalkar · Oct 27, 2018

Roland Of Gilead :

I'd agree with vapour initially. If you are purchasing one of those, the only answer is the R1600, B350 mobo.

There's two real points here. For right now, the 1300x will just about do. It has 100mhz higher turbo's which may likely give (literally) a few more FPS than the 1600 at stock. However, the important thing here is the 1600 is a much better CPU, and with a relatively simple OC, you can match any speed of the 1300x (stock or OC'ed) and still have 2 extra cores and 4 extra threads. For any games like BF1, BF V, COD WW2, COD Bo4 etc and any new AAA games, the 1600 will serve you much better, and in this case the extra cost for it, and a solid B350 mob is much better value for what it will bring right now, and down the line when you want to upgrade.

Sorry dude, that board is completely out of my budget

jeremyj_83 · Oct 27, 2018

swapnilnimbalkar :

Go with the B450. It has better support for higher speed RAM and if you go with a Ryzen 2 series later it has support for it without needing a BIOS update.

Roland Of Gilead · Oct 27, 2018

swapnilnimbalkar :

Not sure what you mean, you've just quoted the Gigabyte AB350 mobo. That's a B350 like I mentioned. Perhaps you misunderstood.

The R1600 hundred i mentioned, was referring to a Ryzen 1600 CPU. Hope that clears it up.

The 1300x is a decent CPU, but having the 1600 would have afforded you a better experience. Any B350/B450 mob will do nicely with the 1300x though and allow you some OC'ing.

Roland Of Gilead · Oct 27, 2018

jeremyj_83 :

swapnilnimbalkar :

Go with the B450. It has better support for higher speed RAM and if you go with a Ryzen 2 series later it has support for it without needing a BIOS update.

Can't disagree with that.

swapnilnimbalkar · Nov 3, 2018

Hello guys,

I have purchased Ryzen 3 1300X, Gigabyte Aorus B450M & 8GB DDR4 3000MHZ (Corsair).

May be I will upgrade to Ryzen 2nd gen when pocket permits.

Thank you everyone for the help.

Roland Of Gilead · Nov 3, 2018

swapnilnimbalkar :

It will be a nice little system. OC that 1300x on the B450, you should be able to hit decent numbers (about 3.8, 3.9 ) on the b450. Make sure you have good cooling though.

The 1600 would have given a more fluid experience for demanding games like BF1/BF V, COD BO4 etc, the 1300x is no slough either though.

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